Gabe Newell: Portal 2 is "The Best Game We've Ever Done"

1UP writes: Following this year's Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony, we were able to grab Valve's Gabe Newell for a brief chat about Portal 2, wherein he mentioned that he thinks it is the best game Valve has ever created. Here's the transcript of our interview:

1UP: Was Portal 2 from the beginning always going to be a full price game?

Gabe Newell: "One of the nice things about The Orange Box was it allowed us to try out a couple of different things, and Portal really seemed to resonate. We got the signals that we wanted -- this is what people liked; this is what people didn't like. And to us, it was like, 'OK now we know how to take this big,' so that's what we're going to do with Portal 2."

I don't think you can really compare the two, yes, both of them are First Person Shooters, both are made by Valve, but they are completely different genres. Portal is a puzzle game basically, and TF2 is an Online team based shooter. With that said, both of them are fantastic games and I don't think Portal 2 will disappoint fans.

I agree, it is a very bold statement to say. Time will tell. Either way, I'm hyped for this game. I loved the first one, and I will probably love the second one ever more. I have faith in Valve and I don't think they'll mess up this one. I just wish they would show us something that has to do with Episode Three.

You idiot.. without Valve the FPS genre would be nothing like it is today. Half Life paved the way for FPS storytelling. Half Life 2 won 40+ GOTY awards. That's GAME of the YEAR. 40. +. Valve made some of the biggest changes in the industry with Steam and digital distribution. Without Valve and Steam FPS games would still be in the dark ages.

The team who made narbacular drop (apart from teleport, not quite portal - freely available to try) are a part of valve now. And it was not just this team that worked on portal and certainly not portal 2 as there are 3x working on that They did not simply buy the idea. Therefore it is Valve. else no company can become a part of another company.

you need to learn your facts mate. Narbacular Drop, a 15 minute game with a Princess with no knees and cant jump, isnt anywhere near what Portal is. Valve saw the teams talent, hired them, and with the help of Valve's story writer made Portal from the ground up.

the PS3 is still a piece of sh!t that Sony should have never released." That's pretty much what I hear every time he has anything to say. Eff this guy and his ego. I'm sure portal will be good, but I refuse to support anything this douche says.